Dr Arathi Krishna appointed new overseas AICC secretary
New Delhi: K C Venugopal, secretary of the Congress, said in a press release on Wednesday that Dr Arathi Krishna has been appointed the AICC secretary, in charge of the Indian Overseas Congress Department of the Congress.
Dr Arathi has been associated with the party for a long time, being the daughter of Begane Ramaiah, a veteran Congress leader, who was also the former Rural Development Minister of Karnataka.
Dr Arathi herself was the first chairperson of the NRI Cell of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
She also has a long-standing relationship with the NRIs, as she was a community development officer in the Indian Embassy in Washington DC and an adviser in the India Development Foundation of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. In addition, she started 'Krishna Foundation', an NGO to fulfil socioeconomic needs and provide better educational facilities in remote villages in Karnataka.
Dr Arathi has Masters in 'Political Science' from the Mysore University and in 'International Commerce and Public' from the George Mason University, Washington. She also has an honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University.
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Telangana tunnel collapse: Search ops continue for 25th day to locate seven missing persons
Nagarkurnool (Telangana) (PTI): The search operation to locate the seven persons trapped inside the partially collapsed SLBC tunnel continued for the 25th day on Tuesday.
Personnel from the NDRF, SDRF, state-run miner Singareni Collieries, rat miners, and others intensified the search efforts using the necessary equipment, officials said.
The teams conducted search operations at the 'D1' and 'D2' points, which were identified as possible locations of human presence.
On Monday, cadaver dogs inspected the 'D1' and 'D2' spots.
Rescue personnel continued working to remove parts of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which were obstructing the search operation. The excavation process was accelerated with the help of personnel and an excavator, while de-watering efforts continued simultaneously.
The body of Gurpreet Singh, a TBM operator, was recovered on March 9 and handed over to his family in Punjab. Seven others remain trapped inside the tunnel.
A total of eight individuals—including engineers and labourers—were trapped in the SLBC project tunnel when a portion of it collapsed on February 22.
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